Written Answers Monday 21 June 2010

Scottish Executive

Ambulance Service

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of vandalism of ambulance service equipment have been recorded by the Scottish Ambulance Service in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) type of incident and (b) NHS board area.

Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.

Carers

Michael McMahon (Hamilton North and Bellshill) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when the new carers and young carers strategies will be published.

Shona Robison: The new carers and young carers strategies will be published soon.

  The Scottish Government has been developing the carers and young carers strategy in partnership with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), working closely with health boards, carer organisations and other stakeholders. We will publish the strategy once we have agreed it with COSLA, our strategy partners.

Carers

Michael McMahon (Hamilton North and Bellshill) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it will recognise the contribution of unpaid carers and young carers during Carers Week and beyond.

Shona Robison: Working in partnership with COSLA, the Scottish Government recognises and values the contribution of carers and young carers by providing strategic leadership and setting out the strategic context for carers issues, thus ensuring a reference point for support to carers at local level.

  We are developing a carers and young carers strategy in partnership with COSLA, and working closely with carers organisations, health boards, other organisations and carers and young carers. This strategy will recognise fully the contribution of carers and young carers in supporting their families, communities and wider society and acknowledge the savings made to the health and social care system.

  During Carers Week, I have spoken at a number of carer events and visited a local carers’ project.

Carers

Michael McMahon (Hamilton North and Bellshill) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that local authorities (a) take on board and (b) implement the new carers and young carers strategies.

Shona Robison: We are developing the carers and young carers strategy in partnership with COSLA. It will be a jointly agreed document. Working together, the Scottish Government and COSLA will take forward the strategy in light of decisions which have yet to be made about public expenditure provision, first at UK level and then within Scotland.

Central Heating

Bill Butler (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the number of successful applicants to the boiler scrappage scheme, broken down by postcode area.

Jim Mather: The number of successful applicants to the boiler scrappage scheme, broken down by postcode, is in the following table. Please expect these figures to change, for example, if duplicate applications are found or if applicants decide not to use their vouchers.

  

Postcode Outcode
Vouchers
Postcode Outcode
Vouchers
Postcode Outcode
Vouchers


AB10
25
EH8
16
KA25
5


AB11
18
EH9
18
KA26
6


AB12
29
FK1
21
KA29
3


AB13
5
FK10
22
KA3
27


AB14
11
FK11
4
KA30
19


AB15
56
FK12
7
KA4
7


AB16
25
FK13
5
KA5
5


AB21
31
FK14
6
KA6
14


AB22
30
FK15
11
KA7
57


AB23
16
FK16
2
KA8
16


AB24
21
FK17
3
KA9
34


AB25
12
FK2
32
KW1
10


AB30
5
FK3
12
KW12
2


AB31
18
FK4
4
KW14
29


AB32
24
FK5
24
KW5
1


AB33
4
FK6
17
KW9
3


AB34
2
FK7
32
KY1
13


AB35
1
FK8
15
KY10
21


AB37
1
FK9
11
KY11
45


AB38
2
G11
13
KY12
45


AB39
23
G12
14
KY13
13


AB42
17
G13
31
KY14
6


AB43
26
G14
14
KY15
27


AB44
14
G15
7
KY16
14


AB45
17
G2
1
KY2
34


AB51
30
G20
8
KY3
12


AB53
13
G21
5
KY4
13


AB54
9
G22
2
KY5
7


AB55
20
G23
1
KY6
15


AB56
27
G3
5
KY7
20


DD1
6
G31
5
KY8
38


DD10
53
G32
23
KY9
2


DD11
34
G33
14
ML1
45


DD2
40
G4
3
ML10
12


DD3
33
G40
1
ML11
15


DD4
34
G41
27
ML12
7


DD5
57
G42
15
ML2
19


DD6
16
G43
15
ML3
55


DD7
25
G44
31
ML4
11


DD8
39
G45
1
ML5
23


DD9
12
G46
25
ML6
33


DG1
41
G5
1
ML7
12


DG10
6
G51
2
ML8
23


DG11
12
G52
13
ML9
19


DG12
12
G53
10
PA1
33


DG13
6
G60
6
PA10
10


DG14
1
G61
46
PA11
11


DG16
3
G62
25
PA12
4


DG2
20
G63
11
PA13
9


DG4
3
G64
34
PA14
11


DG5
8
G65
9
PA15
4


DG6
7
G66
34
PA16
25


DG7
13
G67
17
PA17
7


DG8
7
G68
21
PA18
1


DG9
8
G69
32
PA19
23


EH1
1
G71
27
PA2
66


EH10
43
G72
28
PA20
14


EH11
9
G73
36
PA21
2


EH12
43
G74
50
PA22
1


EH13
11
G75
44
PA23
13


EH14
35
G76
31
PA28
6


EH15
24
G77
36
PA29
1


EH16
20
G78
17
PA3
10


EH17
13
G81
24
PA31
4


EH18
2
G82
35
PA34
3


EH19
5
G83
40
PA35
1


EH2
1
G84
30
PA4
27


EH20
8
HS1
2
PA5
16


EH21
14
HS2
9
PA6
13


EH22
21
IV12
14
PA7
7


EH23
4
IV14
1
PA8
11


EH25
3
IV15
1
PA9
3


EH26
15
IV16
1
PH1
45


EH27
3
IV18
2
PH10
14


EH28
2
IV19
1
PH12
3


EH29
4
IV2
43
PH13
3


EH3
15
IV23
3
PH14
2


EH30
7
IV3
16
PH15
4


EH31
4
IV30
35
PH16
4


EH32
13
IV31
4
PH2
41


EH33
5
IV32
14
PH21
1


EH34
5
IV36
10
PH26
1


EH35
3
IV5
1
PH3
7


EH37
1
IV51
1
PH36
1


EH39
11
IV6
2
PH4
2


EH4
39
IV7
3
PH41
1


EH40
2
IV9
1
PH6
4


EH41
10
KA1
25
PH7
14


EH42
10
KA10
15
PH8
1


EH43
2
KA11
28
TD1
11


EH44
3
KA12
22
TD11
7


EH45
12
KA13
12
TD12
6


EH46
4
KA14
1
TD13
1


EH47
22
KA15
8
TD14
5


EH48
28
KA16
3
TD2
4


EH49
26
KA17
8
TD5
8


EH5
13
KA18
18
TD6
10


EH51
16
KA19
1
TD7
9


EH52
9
KA2
10
TD8
5


EH53
14
KA20
7
TD9
20


EH54
40
KA21
5
ZE1
1


EH55
8
KA22
7
ZE2
2


EH6
16
KA23
11
Grand Total
4,602


EH7
14
KA24
4

Central Heating

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what accreditations or professional memberships heating engineers must have in order to install boilers under its boiler scrappage scheme.

Jim Mather: Installers must be registered with Gas Safe (for gas installations) and a recognised industry body such as the Construction Licensing Executive (CLE), the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) or the Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC). Installation of a microgeneration technology must be carried out by a person accredited under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).

  Members of other industry schemes may also be used and applicants should contact the Energy Saving Scotland advice network on 0800 512 012 if they have any questions about who they can use.

Central Heating

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what protections are in place for successful applicants to the boiler scrappage scheme if their engineer does not have the required accreditation or professional memberships to install the system under its rules.

Jim Mather: In order to offer maximum protection to applicants under the Boiler Scrappage Scheme, the terms and conditions state that installers must be registered with Gas Safe (for gas installations) and a recognised industry body such as the Construction Licensing Executive (CLE), the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) or the Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) or in the case of microgeneration installations, the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).

  Any applicants that do not adhere to the terms and conditions to which they agreed will no longer be considered eligible for the scheme.

Central Heating

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a time limit on the installation of a new boiler under its boiler scrappage scheme.

Jim Mather: To claim the rebate, applicants must return the completed voucher and associated documents to the Energy Saving Trust within 12 weeks. Applicants are only entitled to claim their rebate of £400 when the installation has been completed.

Central Heating

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the operation of its boiler scrappage scheme favours large engineering companies over small, independent engineers.

Jim Mather: The operation of the boiler scrappage scheme was aimed at companies which are members of a recognised trade association in order to provide maximum protection to householders. We do not believe this need favour large engineering companies given that the majority of membership of, for example, the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumber Employers Federation (SNIPEF) is made up of small or micro businesses.

  This, coupled with the local delivery of the scheme through the Energy Saving Scotland advice network ensured that small, independent engineers can participate in this scheme.

Civil Servants

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil servants received a bonus in the last financial year for which figures are available.

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil servants were eligible to receive a bonus in the last financial year for which figures are available.

John Swinney: All staff in the directorates and agencies which comprise the Scottish Government main bargaining unit and all senior civil servants in the core Scottish Government whose performance is appraised for pay purposes, are potentially eligible to receive a non-consolidated, taxable and non-pensionable performance payment. Only those staff whose performance throughout the performance year - which runs from 1 April to 31 March - and who meet the required high standards, receive a performance payment. During the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009, some 7,755 staff had their performance assessed and were, therefore, potentially eligible for a performance payment in the 2009-10 financial year.

  Staff can also receive non-consolidated, taxable and non-pensionable performance payments in recognition of special one-off contributions. During 2009-10 approximately 8,300 staff were potentially eligible for such a payment.

  Performance payments which reward continuous high performance over the course of the year were made to 711 staff in the Directorates and Agencies which comprise the Scottish Government Main bargaining unit and to staff in the core Scottish Government Senior Civil Service during the period 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010. 447 payments were made to staff during the same period in recognition of special one-off contributions.

Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 will be fully enacted.

Kenny MacAskill: Section 18(2) of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 specifies that the provisions of the Act will come into force at the end of the period of 9 months beginning with the date of Royal Assent. With Royal Assent having been received on 26 May 2010, this means the act’s provisions will come into force on 26 February 2011.

Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish its guidance to local authorities on the implementation of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010.

Kenny MacAskill: We plan to engage with all key stakeholders later this year ahead of publishing guidance to assist with implementation of the act ahead of the enactment of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010, which comes into force on 26 February 2011.

Dentistry

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many under-five-year-olds have experienced dental disease in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Shona Robison: The information requested is provided in the following table.

  % Five Year Olds who have Experienced Dental Disease by Year

  

NHS Board
1999-2000%
2003%
2004%
2006%
2008%


Argyll and Clyde
64.9
65.8
53.2
48.3
*


Ayrshire and Arran
41.7
53.3
48.0
49.1
36.9


Borders
61.1
37.4
36.4
40.2
29.2


Dumfries andGalloway
65.8
49.1
47.5
42.3
43.3


Fife
68.7
45.7
42.7
42.4
43.7


Forth Valley
54.7
54.5
44.1
31.9
37.4


Grampian
64.5
51.1
43.1
44.5
41.4


Greater Glasgow
57.5
64.8
58.0
52.6
 


Greater Glasgow and Clyde
 
 
 
 
45.2**


Highland
69.5
52.3
47.5
44.0
 


Highland
 
 
 
 
39.7***


Lanarkshire
65.1
59.3
52.6
49.8
47.8


Lothian
71.2
53.7
50.2
44.8
42.9


Orkney
60.8
54.3
49.7
43.0
33.3


Shetland
62.1
48.4
39.2
40.3
37.3


Tayside
62.8
44.7
43.3
42.9
39.2


Western Isles
68.5
64.4
58.2
46.1
42.3



  Source: Adapted from NDIP reports.

  Notes:

  *In 2006 Argyll and Clyde Health Board was dissolved.

  **This figure includes the Clyde area which joined Greater Glasgow to become NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

  ***This figure for NHS Highland also includes the Argyll and Bute area of the former, Argyll and Clyde Health Board.

Digital Technology

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what broadband connection speeds it considers are a satisfactory minimum for rural communities.

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that a 512kb broadband connection speed is appropriate for (a) households and (b) businesses.

Jim Mather: The Scottish Government’s current broadband commitment extends to provision of basic broadband, defined as 512 kbps (kilobits per second), to known demand. This applies to households and businesses, both in rural and non-rural areas. This has largely been achieved through the Broadband Reach Project, which has now delivered a satellite broadband service to over 2,400 premises throughout Scotland.

  There is no current, robust evidence of the wider economic and social benefits of faster broadband speed, therefore work is being progressed by the Scottish Government to improve our evidence base in this area. This research will include ascertaining the current, and where possible future, broadband needs of Scottish businesses – in rural and non-rural areas. A research project which includes assessment of this issue will shortly be commissioned by the Scottish Government.

Digital Technology

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to enable full platform ADSL for the Butterstone telephone exchange in Perth and Kinross.

Jim Mather: The Scottish Government is not aware of any plans by BT to upgrade the Butterstone telephone exchange to full platform ADSL.

Digital Technology

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance is available to rural households to be broadband-enabled.

Jim Mather: The Scottish Government has already made significant progress in improving broadband connectivity for rural households and businesses.

  Our Broadband Reach Project, which finally closed in March 2010, has provided an affordable, basic, broadband service to over 2,400 premises, many in rural areas, which were previously unable to access broadband due to distance from the exchange.

  In addition, an upgrade programme to 81 capacity-limited rural exchanges, currently being undertaken by BT, was announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth last December. To date, 55 of these upgrades are now complete, with the programme expected to complete by the end of November 2010.

  Finally, the Scottish Government is considering delivery options for disbursement of Scotland’s share of the European Economic Recovery Programme funding for broadband projects, one of which is a challenge fund approach in partnership with the Scottish Rural Development Programme’s LEADER programme. This could potentially benefit groups of individuals or businesses in rural communities. Further information on this programme will be announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment this summer.

Eating Disorders

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) inpatient beds and (b) specialist staff are dedicated to the treatment of anorexia, broken down by NHS board.

Shona Robison: In the North of Scotland the Eden Unit at Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen provides 10 inpatient beds and four places for day-patients for the treatment of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa.

  In other board areas, NHS inpatient care for eating disorders is provided in general or adolescent psychiatry beds in mental health hospitals and general medical beds in acute hospitals. Specialist inpatient treatment is also provided under contract with the independent sector at the Priory Hospital (17 beds) and Edinburgh Huntercombe Hospital (22 beds).

  NHS boards in the East of Scotland have recently approved proposals for a 12 bed specialist eating disorder in-patient unit to be based at St John’s Hospital, West Lothian. Once operational, this will be a welcome addition to the spectrum of care already provided.

  Specific information requested on specialist staff dedicated to treating anorexia nervosa is not available centrally.

  Appropriate management and treatment of eating disorders requires input from a number of disciplines and a range of specialist professionals working together across hospital and community settings will be involved. These may include clinical psychologists; psychiatrists; dieticians; social workers; family therapists; occupational therapists; physiotherapists; art therapists; pharmacists, and general physicians.

Eating Disorders

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) men and (b) women aged (i) 10 to 16, (ii) 17 to 23 and (iii) 24 to 30 were discharged from a non-obstetric non-psychiatric acute hospital with a diagnosis of eating disorder since 2008.

Shona Robison: The information requested is shown in the following table:

  Patients aged 10 to 30 years with a diagnosis of eating disorder discharged from acute (non-obstetric, non-psychiatric) hospitals in Scotland: years ending 31 March 2008 and 2009

  

Sex/Age Group
2008
2009


Male
 
 


10-16
5
3


17-23
11
3


23-40
5
7


Female
 
 


10-16
34
29


17-23
64
66


24-30
47
31



  Source: ISD Scotland, SMR01.

Eating Disorders

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) men and (b) women aged (i) 10 to 16, (ii) 17 to 23 and (iii) 24 to 30 have been discharged from a psychiatric hospital with a diagnosis of eating disorder since 2008.

Shona Robison: The information requested is shown in the following table:

  Patients Aged 10 to 30 Years with a Diagnosis of Eating Disorder Discharged from Psychiatric Hospitals in Scotland: Years Ending 31 March 2008 and 2009

  

Sex/Age Group
2008
2009


Male
 
 


10-16
3
3


17-23
2
-


23-40
2
1


Female
 
 


10-16
25
34


17-23
21
27


24-30
31
29



  Source: ISD Scotland, SMR04.

Energy

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether objections to the proposed coal-fired station at Hunterston received prior to the opening of the public consultation will be taken into account on the same basis as those received after the consultation formally began.

Jim Mather: Scottish ministers will take all public representations received into account prior to any determination. Members of the public who submitted representations prior to the opening the public consultation will receive acknowledgement that their representation was received and their views recorded in the coming weeks.

Health

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many calls there have been to the healthy living line in each month since January 2004.

Shona Robison: The following table shows the numbers of calls to the Healthy Living line each month from January 2004 to August 2007. After a review of our Social Marketing campaigns the Healthy Living Campaign came to a close, hence the withdrawal of the Advice Line, and was replaced by the Take Life On campaign.

  Take Life On does not include a telephone advice line.

  

Month
2004 Calls to Advice Line
2005 Calls to Advice Line
2006 Calls to Advice Line
2007Calls to Advice Line


January
497
231
221
155


February
491
226
212
145


March
351
265
183
140


April
255
237
138
124


May
308
225
152
120


June
303
200
112
139


July
588
163
73
91


August
917
230
131
129


September
658
249
132
 


October
393
196
159
 


November
292
170
168
 


December
136
105
53
 


Total
5,189
2,497
1,734
1,043

Health

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients had organs accidentally punctured or cut during surgery in 2009, broken down by NHS board.

Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not held centrally. Patient safety is a key priority for the Scottish Government. It is vital for patients to have confidence that when they access any part of the healthcare system, they will receive the best available treatment without fear of harm. The Scottish Patient Safety Programme is being implemented in every NHS board and is designed to improve the safety of care.

  NHS boards are responsible for ensuring the quality, safety and effectiveness of the services they provide. Appropriate governance arrangements are in place and these arrangements are the subject of review by a number of external bodies and agencies. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) have commenced a review of all NHS boards in Scotland with regard to performance against NHS QIS Clinical Governance and Risk Management Standards.

Health

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients had a foreign body accidentally left in a body cavity during a surgical procedure in 2009, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) type of foreign body.

Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not held centrally. Patient safety is a key priority for the Scottish Government. It is vital for patients to have confidence that when they access any part of the healthcare system, they will receive the best available treatment without fear of harm. The Scottish Patient Safety Programme is being implemented in every NHS board and is designed to improve the safety of care.

  NHS boards are responsible for ensuring the quality, safety and effectiveness of the services they provide. Appropriate governance arrangements are in place and these arrangements are the subject of review by a number of external bodies and agencies. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) have commenced a review of all NHS boards in Scotland with regard to performance against NHS QIS Clinical Governance and Risk Management Standards.

Health

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients underwent an inappropriate operation in 2009, broken down by NHS board.

Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not held centrally. Patient safety is a key priority for the Scottish Government. It is vital for patients to have confidence that when they access any part of the healthcare system, they will receive the best available treatment without fear of harm. The Scottish Patient Safety Programme is being implemented in every NHS board and is designed to improve the safety of care.

  NHS boards are responsible for ensuring the quality, safety and effectiveness of the services they provide. Appropriate governance arrangements are in place and these arrangements are the subject of review by a number of external bodies and agencies. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) have commenced a review of all NHS boards in Scotland with regard to performance against NHS QIS Clinical Governance and Risk Management Standards.

Health

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many surgical errors occurred in 2009, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) type of error.

Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not held centrally. Patient safety is a key priority for the Scottish Government. It is vital for patients to have confidence that when they access any part of the healthcare system, they will receive the best available treatment without fear of harm. The Scottish Patient Safety Programme is being implemented in every NHS board and is designed to improve the safety of care.

  NHS boards are responsible for ensuring the quality, safety and effectiveness of the services they provide. Appropriate governance arrangements are in place and these arrangements are the subject of review by a number of external bodies and agencies. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) have commenced a review of all NHS boards in Scotland with regard to performance against NHS QIS Clinical Governance and Risk Management Standards.

Health

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether guidance is offered to individuals who make disclosures of information in the public interest regarding the NHS and, if so, where this information can be found.

Nicola Sturgeon: NHSScotland is committed to ensuring that all staff have means available to raise concerns. NHSScotland has developed a model freedom of speech policy, which is contained within the Dealing with Employee Concerns Partnership Information Network (PIN) Policy. This policy, while currently under review nationally, can be found at:

  http://www.staffgovernance.scot.nhs.uk/partnership/partnership-information-network/.

  All NHSScotland boards have in place a freedom of speech policy based on the minimum standards set out in the PIN policy. In these policies, boards emphasise that they will not tolerate harassment or victimisation of any member of staff who raises a concern (including informal pressure). Any instance of such behaviour will be treated as a serious disciplinary offence under the management of conduct arrangements.

Health

Michael McMahon (Hamilton North and Bellshill) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether Carers’ Information Strategy funding will continue in 2011-12.

Shona Robison: The Scottish Government gave health boards £9 million for Carer Information Strategies in the last three years, with £5 million of this allocated in 2009-10. Until the spending review is concluded, we cannot confirm the resource of £5 million from April 2011 onwards. However, we see this as a priority for that review.

Health

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when it announced funding for a new Dalkeith Medical Centre.

Nicola Sturgeon: Funding for the Dalkeith Health Centre replacement was announced on 29 March 2006. Capital for the project was made available over two financial years with £2.4 million allocated to NHS Lothian in 2006-07 and £0.5 million allocated in 2007-08. This funding has since been carried forward by NHS Lothian to deliver the project.

Health

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the implementation of all Partnership Information Network policies in the NHS.

Nicola Sturgeon: Implementation of the Partnership Information Network (PIN) Policies is monitored via the Staff Governance Standard monitoring arrangements that take place each year, including the completion by NHS boards of the self assessment audit tool.

  Local issues regarding the implementation of any policies would be discussed and resolved in partnership with the trade unions and professional organisations at the NHS board area partnership forum.

Health

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what the referral criteria will be for gastric band procedures at the Golden Jubilee Hospital.

Nicola Sturgeon: The referral criteria being used the Golden Jubilee national Hospital, is in line with the SIGN Guideline on the Management of Obesity published in February 2010. The guideline recommendation is that bariatric surgery, including gastric band procedures, should be considered on a individual case basis following assessment of risk/benefit in patients who fulfil the following criteria: body mass index of 35 kg/m2 or over and has the presence of one or more severe co-morbidities which are expected to improve significantly with weight reduction e.g. severe mobility problems, arthritis, type 2 diabetes.

  Weight management programmes and clinical psychology programmes, as well as follow up care will be delivered locally by the referring NHS board.

Health

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many DNA tests on babies have been carried out in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospital.

Shona Robison: The information is not held centrally.

Health

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the total cost of physical inactivity in Scotland to be.

Shona Robison: The National Physical Activity Strategy, Let’s Make Scotland More Active was published in 2003. As part of the development of that strategy it was estimated that £85.2 million could be saved if levels of inactivity were reduced by 1% each year for the next five years. These economic benefits are associated with the number of life years saved due to preventing 2,162 premature deaths from coronary heart disease, 128 deaths from strokes and 117 deaths from colon cancer.

Health

Karen Gillon (Clydesdale) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many representations it has received from patients regarding the decision to centralise haematology services at Monklands Hospital.

Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34260 on 16 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at  www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx .

Housing

John Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many social housing units are (a) scheduled to be demolished and (b) available for social rent.

Alex Neil: (a) Glasgow Housing Association has confirmed that 8,115 units are currently scheduled to be demolished.

  (b) It has also confirmed that 60,034 units were available for social rent as at 28 March 2010.

Housing

John Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the value was of each secondary stock transfer bid that has gone to ballot since 2006.

Alex Neil: 1. The value of each second stage transfer reflects the net present value of the income and expenditure attaching to the transferring stock over a 30 year period. This produces a value at today’s prices. The value can be either positive or negative. When a value is positive, the receiving landlord pays that price to Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) and when a value is negative – where the level of work required to the properties is greater than the income generated - GHA pays the receiving landlord a dowry. This approach ensures financial neutrality so that no tenants are disadvantaged by these transfers.

  Completed Transfers

  2. The valuations of the completed transfers are set out in the following table.

  

RSL
Date of Transfer
No of Units
Valuation


Ardenglen
March 2009
285
£1,803,437


Cassiltoun
March 2009
524
£5,395,673


Parkhead
March 2009
68
-£1,647,612


Shettleston
March 2009
793
-£5,394,857


Glasgow West (Hyndland)
July 2009
127
-£693,379


Provanhall
July 2009
195
£1,131,708


Cernach
March 2010
420
£1,516,600


Queens Cross (Hamiltonhill)
March 2010
548
-£2,522,147


Blairtummock
28 June 2010 (projctd)
178
£2,038,974*


Cathcart
28 June 2010 (projctd)
283
£2,082,565*


Rosehill Co-op (Levernwood)
28 June 2010 (projctd)
69
£740,805*


Thenew (Holmbyre) 
28 June 2010 (projctd)
119
£600,269*


Wellhouse
28 June 2010 (projctd)
388
£2,149,899*


Completed Transfers Total
 
3,997
£7,201,935



  Note: *These transfers are due to complete on 28 June 2010 and could, therefore, be subject to valuation changes when they are finalised.

  It is important to note that there may be some variance between the number of units listed above and the completed transfers totals in the answer to questions S3W-34287, S3W-34289, S3W-34290, S3W-34291 and S3W-34292 on 16 June 2010. This is due to stock held for demolition and small scale reconciliations related to right to buy applications in the above table only.

  3. Tenants voted against transfer in one ballot.

  

RSL
No of Units
Ballot Date
Valuation


Pineview
103
November/December 2009
£398,610



  All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many rent payable orders were issued in 2009.

Alex Neil: Information on Rent Payable Orders served by local authorities, and linked to Antisocial Behaviour Notices, is not held centrally. Provision of such information requires local authorities to gather and maintain data.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what average price per house housing associations paid for land for housing in 2009.

Alex Neil: The average price per planned house housing associations paid for land in 2009-10 was £13,085.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what average price housing associations paid for the 1,699 off-the-shelf houses purchased in 2009-10.

Alex Neil: Of the total 1699 Off The Shelf (OTS) purchases funded by the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) in 2009-10, 198 properties were purchased by housing associations. For these properties the average cost per unit was £120,734. The remaining 1,501 properties were not purchased by housing associations.

  They are as follows:

  

Special Needs Capital Grant 
 1


Open Market Shared Equity Pilot
1,459


Council House Building 
 41


Total – 1,501

Justice

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34069 by Kenny MacAskill on 2 June 2010, whether it considers that it would be useful to hold such information regarding the number of fiscal fines issued to offenders and whether it intends to do so in the future.

Kenny MacAskill: The results of a wide ranging review of the Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings statistical bulletin and database were published in November 2009 and can be found at:

  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/scotstatcrime/StakeCon/CrimProcCon.

  Work is now underway to address a range of improvements, including the development of information on fiscal fines, however information on the release of offenders is not available from the Criminal Proceedings database.

Justice

Bill Butler (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to increase the number of fixed penalty fines in 2010-11.

Bill Butler (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether fixed penalty fines and other measures will be used to minimise the number of cases taken to court in 2010-11.

Fergus Ewing: A Review of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for Antisocial Behaviour was published by the Scottish Government in November 2009 and can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk . It showed that Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) to tackle antisocial behaviour are estimated to have saved almost 22,000 hours of police officer time; time that can be spent tackling crime in our communities rather than filling in forms.

  The extent to which FPNs are used to tackle antisocial behaviour is an operational matter for individual police forces.

Licensing

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 Review Group report, whether it proposes to re-establish the National Licensing Forum.

Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-19087 on 5 January 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx .

NHS Staff

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many violent assaults on NHS hospital staff have been reported in each year since 1999.

Nicola Sturgeon: This is a matter for NHSScotland boards. The information requested is not held centrally.

NHS Staff

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what the policy on paternal leave for NHS employees is and how it is monitored.

Nicola Sturgeon: The Policy on Paternal Leave for NHS Employees is part of the Supporting Work Life Balance Partnership Information Network (PIN) Policy.

  This policy recognises that fathers (including same-sex partners) and adoptive parents have a need and desire to spend time at home during a period of family extension, be that the birth or adoption of a child. Employees meeting the required qualifying criteria have a statutory entitlement to take up to two working weeks’ paternity leave within eight weeks of the birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption.

  Each board has developed, or is developing, a policy on paternal leave based on the model PIN Policy, including the mechanisms for monitoring implementation. Local issues regarding the implementation and application of policies would be discussed and resolved in partnership with trades unions and professional organisations at the NHS Board Area Partnership Forum.

NHS Staff

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it relies on self-assessment by NHS boards to monitor their performance against the Staff Governance Standard.

Nicola Sturgeon: The self assessment audit tool (SAAT) associated with the Staff Governance Standard is one element of the monitoring process. This tool is supplemented by a staff governance action plan that is formulated in partnership with trade unions/professional organisations. These submissions are also subject to audit both from the boards independent auditors and by the Staff Governance Unit within Scottish Government.

  Following analysis and verification of the SAAT return, the information provided forms the basis for the workforce element of the Annual Review process where the board’s performance against the Staff Governance Standard is examined and discussed at a meeting with members of the Area Partnership Forum.

NHS Staff

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33663 by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010, when the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and (b) Health Directorate held discussions with NHS boards on the specific issue of workforce planning or voluntary severance.

Nicola Sturgeon: Scottish Government Health Directorates officials and I hold regular meetings with chairs and senior managers of NHS boards, at which a range of issues are discussed, including workforce planning and staff management.

NHS Staff

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33664 by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010, what funding will be set aside for the voluntary severance schemes in NHS (a) Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) Grampian.

Nicola Sturgeon: No funding is being set aside centrally for the voluntary severance schemes that are being considered by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Grampian.

  Boards have been advised that, when planning for service redesign or other organisational changes, they should only consider a voluntary severance scheme as a last resort and that these schemes require to be financed from within their existing budgets.

NHS Staff

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33664 by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010, whether it will define small scale in the context of over 4,000 job losses in the NHS.

Nicola Sturgeon: The reference to small scale was not made in relation to the overall projected staff changes in NHSScotland. The reference is in relation to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Grampian who are considering voluntary severance for a small number of their total planned reductions. The majority of the reductions will be achieved through a combination of natural turnover, vacancy management and early retirement.

NHS Staff

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33665 by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010, what the likely cost of voluntary severance is based on workforce planning projections for individual NHS boards in 2010-11 and what the impact will be on future years.

Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not centrally held.

NHS Staff

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33643 by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010, whether it will provide an exact number, to the nearest 100, of the people it expects to be employed in the NHS as of 1 April 2011.

Nicola Sturgeon: Numbers of people working in the NHS as at April 2011 will be published in the normal manner.

NHS Staff

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) physiotherapists and (b) allied health professionals have been employed by the NHS in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually. The number of physiotherapists and allied health professions employed by NHS board at 30 September for the years 2007 to 2009 is available at:

  http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=Allied%20health%20professions%202009.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.

NHS Staff

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many school nurses there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Nicola Sturgeon: The specific information requested is not available centrally. However, NHS Workforce data by NHS board is published annually by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD). Information on school nurses at 30 September 2007 to 2009 is available at:

  http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=Nursing_and_midwifery%202009a.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.

  Prior to 2007 NHS Workforce Information was published based on the Whitley pay structure. For this reason it is not possible to compare the Whitley staff in post information to Agenda for Change bandings. Whitley nurse information for the years 1999 to 2006 is available at:

  http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=WFE02_HB_REG.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.

NHS Staff

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many babies were born at the Inverclyde maternity unit in the last year.

Shona Robison: According to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 115 babies were born at the Inverclyde Royal Hospital Community Maternity Unit in 2009.

NHS Staff

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many babies were born at the Vale of Leven maternity unit in the last year.

Shona Robison: According to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 113 babies were born at the Vale of Leven Hospital Community Maternity Unit in 2009.

NHS Staff

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwives have worked at the Inverclyde maternity unit in each of the last five years.

Nicola Sturgeon: Number of Midwives Employed – IRH CMU (Whole-Time Equivalent):

  

Year
 


2006-07
31.55


2007-08
27.77


2008-09
28.92


2009-10
26.75



  Source: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

  Note: Board does not hold Argyll and Clyde data before 2006-07.

NHS Staff

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwives have worked at the Vale of Leven maternity unit in each of the last five years.

Nicola Sturgeon: Number of Midwives Employed – Vale of Leven CMU (Whole-Time Equivalent):

  

Year
 


2006-07
29.98


2007-08
26.79


2008-09
23.67


2009-10
23.89



  Source: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

  Note: Board does not hold Argyll and Clyde data before 2006-07.

NHS Staff

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many maternity care assistants have worked at the Inverclyde maternity unit in each of the last five years.

Shona Robison: According to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, no maternity care assistants have ever been employed at the Inverclyde Royal Hospital Community Maternity Unit. The board confirms that there are no plans to change this.

NHS Staff

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many maternity care assistants have worked at the Vale of Leven maternity unit in each of the last five years.

Shona Robison: According to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, no maternity care assistants have ever been employed at the Vale of Leven Hospital Community Maternity Unit. The board confirms that there are no plans to change this.

NHS Staff

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many school nurses there were in 2009, broken down by NHS board.

Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Workforce data is published by National services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually. Information on school nurses by NHS board at 30 September 2009 is available at:

  http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=Nursing_and_midwifery%202009a.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.

NHS Staff

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many physiotherapists were employed by NHS Scotland in each of the last five years, expressed as (a) whole-time equivalent and (b) headcount figures, broken down by NHS board.

Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Information showing the number of physiotherapists employed by NHS board at 30 September for the years 2007 to 2009 is available at:

  http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=Allied%20health%20professions%202009.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.

  Prior to 2007 NHS Workforce Information was published based on the Whitley pay structure. For this reason it is not possible to compare the Whitley staff in post information to Afc bandings. Whitley nurse information for the years 2005 to 2006 is available at:

  http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=WFF01_HB_REG.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment for whole-time equivalent

  http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=WFF02_HB_REG.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment for headcount.

Planning

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances a public local inquiry would have to be held before a decision could be taken on an application for a development that has national development status under the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2.

Jim Mather: There are range of consent regimes involved in delivering the national developments set out in the second National Planning Framework; including planning, energy and transport legislation. The provisions therefore for requiring or arranging public local inquiries differ.

Police

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many sex crimes have been reported since 2007, broken down by (a) police force and (b) local authority area.

Kenny MacAskill: The following tables give the numbers of crimes of indecency recorded by the police in Scotland from 2007-08 to 2008-09, by police force and local authority area.

  Crimes of Indecency1 Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2007-08 to 2008-09

  

Police Force
2007-08
2008-09


Central
479
316


Dumfries and Galloway
130
111


Fife
584
457


Grampian
953
978


Lothian and Borders
1,047
1,110


Northern
381
428


Strathclyde
2,573
2,507


Tayside
405
424


All Scotland
6,552
6,331



  Note: 1. Crimes of indecency include rape and attempted rape, indecent assault, lewd and indecent behaviour, incest, unnatural crimes, procuration and other sexual offences. The latter category includes prostitution. These figures include 525 and 533 prostitution related offences in 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively.

  Crimes of Indecency1 Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2007-08 to 2008-09

  

Local Authority Area
2007-08
2008-09


Aberdeen City
520
563


Aberdeenshire
242
227


Angus
131
101


Argyll and Bute
108
76


Clackmannanshire
81
24


Dumfries and Galloway
130
111


Dundee City
203
229


East Ayrshire
99
135


East Dunbartonshire
47
57


East Lothian
91
62


East Renfrewshire
22
36


Edinburgh City
610
632


Eilean Siar (W.Isles)
18
33


Falkirk
276
209


Fife
584
457


Glasgow City
1,196
1,091


Highland
330
361


Inverclyde
47
50


Midlothian
76
94


Moray
191
188


North Ayrshire
172
160


North Lanarkshire
338
319


Orkney Islands
15
13


Perth and Kinross
71
94


Renfrewshire
155
163


Scottish Borders
70
102


Shetland Islands
18
21


South Ayrshire
103
112


South Lanarkshire
169
215


Stirling
122
83


West Dunbartonshire
117
93


West Lothian
200
220


All Scotland
6,552
6,331



  Note: 1. Crimes of indecency include rape and attempted rape, indecent assault, lewd and indecent behaviour, incest, unnatural crimes, procuration and other sexual offences. The latter category includes prostitution. These figures include 525 and 533 prostitution related offences in 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively.

Police

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of vandalism have been recorded at police stations or of police equipment in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) type of incident and (b) police board area.

Kenny MacAskill: This information is not held centrally.

Prison Service

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoner-on-prisoner assaults there have been in each prison since 23 April 2009.

Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

  The following table illustrates the total number of prisoner on prisoner assaults broken down by establishment, included are serious, minor and non injury assaults. The data is accurate as of 14 June 2010.

  Prisoner on Prisoner Assaults 24 April 2009 to Date

  

 
 


Aberdeen
28


Addiewell
80


Barlinnie
93


Cornton Vale
52


Dumfries
32


Edinburgh
93


Glenochil 
39


Greenock
12


Inverness
10


Kilmarnock
48


Open Estate
1


Perth
57


Peterhead
18


Polmont
180


Shotts
22

Prison Service

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults by prisoners on prison officers have been recorded in each (a) prison and (b) young offender’s institution since 22 April 2009.

Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

  The following table illustrates the total number of prisoner on staff assaults broken down by establishment, included are serious, minor and non injury assaults. The data is accurate as of 14 June 2010.

  Prisoner on Staff Assaults 22 April 2009 to Date

  

Aberdeen
11


Addiewell
45


Barlinnie
23


Cornton Vale
38


Dumfries
0


Edinburgh
16


Glenochil 
3


Greenock
4


Inverness
1


Kilmarnock
11


Open Estate
0


Perth
12


Peterhead
0


Polmont
17


Shotts
6

Prison Service

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were born in prison in 2009.

Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

  There were no births in prisons. In 2009 there were five babies born to women who were in custody, all were born in Stirling Royal Infirmary.

Sexual Health

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with HIV in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Shona Robison: The information requested is set out in the following tables.

  The data in tables 1-3 are the numbers of positive specimens identified by NHS laboratories throughout Scotland, regardless of referral setting (e.g. GP, GUM, sexual health clinic etc).

  Table 4 contains data extracted from the National Enhanced Surveillance of Infectious Syphilis in Scotland (NESISS) database.

  The data in table 5 is presented by year of report. In many instances, reported cases are known to have been diagnosed some time previously, particularly those cases who are known to have been infected outwith Scotland.

  The information in tables 1-4 is not yet available for 2009.

  It is important that those at risk of infection come forward for testing and treatment. Current sexual health policy encourages this and has also improved access to sexual health services. This will initially lead to increases in recorded incidents of STIs, particularly chlamydia.

  Table 1 - Genital Herpes Simplex Virus, Scotland 1999-2008: Laboratory Diagnoses by NHS Board of Report

  

NHS Board
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008


Ayrshire and Arran
25
20
0
18
41
66
75
88
87
115


Borders
*
*
*
18
21
29
21
29
28
*


Dumfries and Galloway
10
15
0
17
27
35
59
100
91
91


Fife
*
*
0
*
82
81
43
92
94
99


Forth Valley
54
54
0
30
62
81
84
75
61
66


Grampian
98
121
140
136
137
192
275
267
304
258


Greater Glasgow and Clyde
280
272
397
249
341
471
466
527
667
531


Highland
65
64
99
77
92
100
97
101
104
78


Lanarkshire
27
24
0
28
30
21
34
54
77
74


Lothian
282
254
292
297
365
391
367
399
454
386


Orkney
*
*
6
*
*
*
*
*
*
*


Shetland
*
*
0
*
*
*
*
*
*
*


Tayside
85
73
85
64
99
104
149
85
132
161


Western Isles
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*


Unspecified
*
0
*
*
0
*
0
*
*
*


Total
933
908
1,026
937
1,304
1,575
1,677
1,830
2,105
1,871



  Note: Under/non-reporting for Fife from 1999 to 2002 and for Argyll and Clyde, Ayrshire and Arran, Dumfries and Galloway, Forth Valley and Lanarkshire in 2001. HPS experienced a problem with the receipt of genital herpes data from Tayside during the last quarter of 2006 and the first quarter of 2007.

  Table 2 - Genital Chlamydia Infection, Scotland 1999-2008: Laboratory Diagnoses by NHS Board of Report

  

NHS Board
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008


Ayrshire and Arran
288
275
356
813
888
887
778
891
1,123
1,053


Borders
70
51
51
48
189
259
244
230
262
270


Dumfries and Galloway
118
282
328
408
386
502
494
598
565
480


Fife
-
517
533
866
1,002
1,199
1,116
1,198
1,211
1,232


Forth Valley
327
354
442
373
595
608
704
916
887
1,085


Grampian
728
1,160
1,235
1,348
1,427
1,800
1,885
1,781
1,805
1,768


Greater Glasgow and Clyde
1,634
2,064
2,928
3,127
4,113
4,621
4,826
4,766
4,714
5,955


Highland
360
500
531
626
630
788
743
711
746
693


Lanarkshire
252
400
728
890
885
982
1,299
1,534
1,570
1,389


Lothian
1,295
1,206
2,432
2,742
2,971
3,016
3,344
3,414
3,141
3,448


Orkney
*,
10
41
45
55
51
55
38
50
27


Shetland
*
8
24
33
41
50
53
37
23
26


Tayside
595
822
953
1,069
1,189
1,281
1,730
1,790
1,737
1,577


Western Isles
0
0
0
*
9
25
18
22
7
51


Unspecified
0
0
56
*
0
0
0
0
0
0


Total
5,676
7,649
10,638
12,391
14,380
16,069
17,289
17,926
17,841
19,054



  Note: under/non-reporting for Fife in 1998-99.

  Table 3 - Gonorrhoea, Scotland 1999-2008: Laboratory Reports (Episodes) by NHS Board of Report

  

NHS Board
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008


Ayrshire and Arran
*
*
21
31
16
10
8
28
40
20


Borders
*
*
0
7
*
5
*
*
*
6


Dumfries and Galloway
28
40
21
13
26
27
8
*
*
9


Fife
24
35
28
9
33
27
37
60
48
21


Forth Valley
28
41
33
18
31
30
24
25
28
17


Grampian
64
92
82
74
78
69
74
88
44
73


Greater Glasgow and Clyde
181
302
303
286
271
350
415
347
409
427


Highland
24
33
43
33
13
36
21
14
11
8


Lanarkshire
21
45
46
31
31
27
35
71
242
229


Lothian
139
194
184
254
282
220
226
205
148
202


Orkney
*
*
0
0
*
0
*
*
*
0


Shetland
*
*
0
0
*
0
*
*
*
0


Tayside
26
51
55
64
35
44
53
27
27
61


Western Isles
*
*
0
0
*
0
*
*
*
0


Total
538
844
816
820
820
845
904
900
1,015
1,073



  Note: one episode of gonorrhoea corresponds to an infected individual from whom more than one isolate could have been recovered.

  Table 4 - Reports of Infectious Syphilis, Scotland 1999-2008 by NHS Board and Year of Report

  

NHS Board
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008


Ayrshire and Arran
Data not available
*
0
*
0
*
*
0
0
0


Dumfries and Galloway
*
0
*
0
*
0
*
7
10


Fife
*
*
*
*
8
9
16
11
6


Forth Valley
*
*
*
0
*
*
*
0
*


Grampian
*
0
*
6
8
8
22
17
19


Greater Glasgow and Clyde
*
9
27
45
78
73
102
113
100


Highland
*
0
*
0
*
*
0
0
*


Lanarkshire
*
0
*
5
8
9
12
18
17


Lothian
*
0
14
15
85
101
77
81
79


Tayside
*
0
*
*
7
12
5
8
19


Total
4
13
43
76
198
218
238
255
257



  Data extracted from the National Enhanced Surveillance of Infectious Syphilis in Scotland (NESISS) database.

  Table 5 - HIV-infected persons, Scotland 1999-2009 by NHS Board and Year of Report (as at 31 March 2010)

  

NHS Board
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009


Ayrshire and Arran
5
5
*
8
*
8
9
10
11
8
12


Borders
*
*
*
*
6
*
*
*
*
*
6


Dumfries and Galloway
*
*
*
*
*
10
12
12
9
*
5


Fife
13
7
8
12
9
20
15
10
17
12
15


Forth Valley
*
*
*
8
*
9
14
16
15
15
13


Grampian
14
14
20
15
24
25
33
23
47
46
33


Greater Glasgow and Clyde
39
34
47
87
98
125
134
110
152
140
190


Highland
6
6
*
9
6
7
10
*
21
8
12


Lanarkshire
11
10
10
14
12
19
27
29
27
27
26


Lothian
52
59
53
76
82
111
131
97
118
119
80


Shetland
0
0
0
0
0
*
*
0
*
*
*


Tayside
7
10
19
18
14
26
18
26
32
26
23


Western Isles
0
0
0
0
0
*
*
*
*
*
*


Scotland
156
154
171
250
258
363
406
345
452
411
417



  Note: Cells featuring four cases or less (marked with "*") have been suppressed in order to maintain confidentiality. In some instances, secondary suppression of cells featuring greater than four cases has been necessary in order to prevent calculation of figures.

  Source - Tables 1 to 5: Health Protection Scotland - June 2010.

Sexual Offences

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been convicted for sex crimes since 2007, broken down by (a) police force and (b) local authority area

Kenny MacAskill: The available information is given in the following tables.

  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Crimes of Indecency1, by Police Force, 2007-08 and 2008-09

  

Police Force
2007-08
2008-09


Northern
60
40


Grampian
76
179


Tayside
54
67


Fife
40
31


Lothian and Borders
97
91


Central
26
29


Strathclyde
423
491


Dumfries and Galloway
13
15


Police force unknown
1
1


Scotland
790
944



  Note: 1. Where main offence. Crimes of indecency comprises rape and attempted rape; indecent assault; lewd and indecent behaviour, and other crimes of indecency. Other crimes of indecency comprise the following crime categories: incest, unnatural crimes and procuration and other sexual offences. The latter category includes prostitution. These figures include 246 and 320 prostitution related offences in 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively.

  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Crimes of Indecency1, by Approximate Local Authority Area2, 2007-08 and 2008-09

  

Local Authority
2007-08
2008-09


Aberdeen City
53
143


Aberdeenshire
10
14


Angus
14
15


Argyll and Bute
3
7


Clackmannanshire
5
6


Dumfries and Galloway
10
14


Dundee City
29
37


East Ayrshire
24
43


East Dunbartonshire 
0
0


East Lothian
9
8


East Renfrewshire 
0
0


Edinburgh, City of
56
51


Eilean Siar
2
1


Falkirk
10
10


Fife
34
27


Glasgow City
284
297


Highland
46
29


Inverclyde
5
6


Midlothian 
0
0


Moray
9
19


North Ayrshire
0
0


North Lanarkshire
16
17


Orkney Islands
2
3


Perth and Kinross
7
8


Renfrewshire
12
11


Scottish Borders
8
11


Shetland Islands
2
1


South Ayrshire
14
12


South Lanarkshire
22
33


Stirling
4
6


West Dunbartonshire
8
13


West Lothian
8
6


Not Known 3
84
96


Scotland 
790
944



  Notes:

  1. Where main offence. Crimes of indecency comprises rape and attempted rape; indecent assault; lewd and indecent behaviour, and other crimes of indecency. Other crimes of indecency comprise the following crime categories: incest, unnatural crimes and procuration and other sexual offences. The latter category includes prostitution. These figures include 246 and 320 prostitution related offences in 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively.

  2. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  3. High Court cases which cannot be mapped to local authorities includes one case in 2007-08 where the court is unknown.

Sport

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many objections sportscotland made about planning applications to build on playing fields in 2009.

Shona Robison: The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. I have therefore asked the chief executive of sportscotland to write to the member providing the detailed operational information.

Sport

Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many objections from sportscotland regarding planning applications to build on playing fields have been referred to Scottish ministers in the last five years and how many were upheld in 2009.

Shona Robison: Objections from sportscotland regarding planning applications to build on playing fields are not notified to Scottish ministers but to the relevant planning authority. The number of planning applications notified to Scottish ministers by planning authorities as a consequence of a sportscotland objection over the last five years are set out in the following table.

  Cases Referred to Scottish Ministers by Planning Authorities

  

Year
 


2005-06
3


2006-07
0


2007-08
2


2008-09
2


2009-10
3



  The applications notified to Scottish ministers in 2009 were all cleared back to the relevant planning authority to deal with as they see fit.

Vaccinations

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccinations have been given to girls aged between 12 and 14 since the programme was introduced, also expressed as a percentage of girls eligible, broken down by NHS board.

Shona Robison: 91.4% of eligible girls in year S2 received the full three dose course of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination in the first year of the programme in 2008-09. This is broken down by NHS board in table one. These uptake rates are based on immunisations recorded on the CHSP School system and SIRS as at 15 February 2010 and is based on girls recorded as being in class year S2 as at 11 May 2009, these girls were around 12 to 13 years of age at the time of vaccination (thus will be around 13 to 14 years of age this year)

  Table One

  

NHS Board
Number of Girls in Cohort
Number 1st Dose
% Uptake of 1st Dose
Number 2nd Dose
% Uptake of 2nd Dose
Number 3rd Dose
% Uptake of 3rd Dose


Ayrshire and Arran
2,091
1,968
94.1
1,957
93.6
1,943
92.9


Borders
653
616
94.3
610
93.4
604
92.5


Dumfries and Galloway
867
835
96.3
833
96.1
826
95.3


Fife
2,026
1,891
93.3
1,876
92.6
1,835
90.6


Forth Valley
1,703
1,630
95.7
1,618
95.0
1,582
92.9


Grampian
2,964
2,802
94.5
2,778
93.7
2,718
91.7


Greater Glasgow and Clyde1
6,564
6,177
94.1
6,120
93.2
5,982
91.1


Highland
1,786
1,661
93.0
1,648
92.3
1,622
90.8


Lanarkshire1
3,465
3,306
95.4
3,266
94.3
3,118
90.0


Lothian
4,373
4,114
94.1
4,074
93.2
4,003
91.5


Orkney2
117
108
92.3
107
91.5
106
90.6


Shetland
132
124
93.9
124
93.9
123
93.2


Tayside
2,297
2,190
95.3
2,164
94.2
2,098
91.3


Western Isles
171
158
92.4
157
91.8
150
87.7


Scotland3
29,286
27,652
94.4
27,403
93.6
26,781
91.4



  Interim uptake data is for the second year of the programme 2009-10 is only available for the first two doses at this stage and is shown in table two. Uptake rates are based on immunisations recorded on the CHSP School system and SIRS as at 15 February 2010. Girls recorded on CHSP-School as being in class year S2 as at 15 February 2010 and are around 12 to 13 years of age.

  Table Two

  

NHS Board
Number of Girlsin Cohort
Number 1st Dose
% Uptake of 1st Dose
Number 2nd Dose
% Uptake of 2nd Dose


Ayrshire and Arran
2,124
1,970
92.7
1,873
88.2


Borders
601
570
94.8
558
92.8


Dumfries and Galloway
803
770
95.9
744
92.7


Fife
1,964
1,791
91.2
1,494
76.1


Forth Valley
1,661
1,512
91.0
1,488
89.6


Grampian
2,887
2,659
92.1
2,576
89.2


Greater Glasgow and Clyde1
6,564
6,020
91.7
5,354
81.6


Highland
1,713
1,547
90.3
1,453
84.8


Lanarkshire1
3,500
3,251
92.9
3,050
87.1


Lothian
4,251
3,854
90.7
3,687
86.7


Orkney2
110
,91
82.7
,91
82.7


Shetland
138
120
87.0
116
84.1


Tayside
2,247
2,108
93.8
2,048
91.1


Western Isles
150
129
86.0
115
76.7


Scotland3
28,743
26,420
91.9
24,670
85.8



  Notes:

  1. NHS Lanarkshire is delivering the HPV programme to schools in Cambuslang and Rutherglen, however HPV data for Cambuslang and Rutherglen are recorded/shown under NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on CHSP School.

  2. All NHS boards except NHS Orkney use CHSP School/SIRS to record HPV immunisations. NHS Orkney have provided their own figures.

  3. NHS Argyll and Clyde ceased to exist on 31 March 2006 and the administration was split between two sub-areas that now fall under the administration of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Highland respectively. For the calculation of uptake rates, HPV immunisation data recorded on CHSP School under the former NHS Argyll and Clyde are allocated to their current NHS board area using GP practice code. There are a small number of records which do not have a practice code recorded and therefore for statistical purposes, NHS board is unknown. These records are included in the Scotland cohort and uptake rates and therefore the sum of the cohorts for all NHS boards does not equate to the total cohort for Scotland.

Young Offenders

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of (a) attempted and planned and (b) actual self-harm by young offenders have been reported since 2008, broken down by institution.

Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

  The Scottish Prison Service does not record data for attempted or planned acts of self-harm. Three establishments, where young offenders are principally located, have recorded acts of self harm by young offenders since 2008. The figures are as follows:

  

HMP Perth
9


HMYOI Polmont
31


HMP & YOI Cornton Vale
48